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30 Cards in this Set
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Corroborates
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When a witness's testimony supports and confirms prior testimony
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Circumstantial evidence
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Proof through a chain of facts and circumstances that indicate that a thing happened in a certain way.
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Petit jury
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Usually made up of twelve disinterested, impartial members, who must decide upon a verdict in a criminal or civil case
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Stay
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Stops the carrying out of a judgement
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Affirmation
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Requires a witness to tell the truth the same as an oath would.
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Mistrial
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Ends a court proceeding when the judge believes a fair verdict cannot be reached because of an event occurring during the trial.
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Impaneling
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To choose a jury from a list of names.
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Challenge
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In law, the claim of a party that a specific juror or jurors shall be disqualified from sitting in a trial upon his or her cause
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Voir dire
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To speak the truth
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Alternate jurors
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A 13th and 14 person chosen at the time a jury of 12 is impaneled to serve in the event one of the 12 is dismissed from the jury.
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Grand jury
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23 people who render a decision by majority after hearing only one side of a case deciding if there is sufficient evidence to hold a trial.
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Venire facias
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A writ or order summoning persons to serve as jurors
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Peremptory challenge
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A final, decisive challenge by an attorney to a potential juror, for which no reason need be given
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Suppress
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Putting a stop to a thing that is actually existing.
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Challenge for cause
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An objection to a juror's being included in a jury based on a specific valid reason
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Prima facie
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Latin - at first sight, on first view, or before further examination .
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Hearsay evidence
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Second hand evidence, which is ordinarily not admissible as evidence.
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Venire
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A panel ordinarily selected from the voter registration lists from which juries are chosen.
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Challenge to the array
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An objection to an entire jury panel drawn for a case.
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Issue
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A matter that is to be decided by the court that is raised by the pleadings.
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Credible evidence
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Evidence worthy of belief
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Preponderance of evidence
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Evidence that carries the greater weight and has the most validity.
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Recusation
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A challenge to a judge's right to try a case.
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Oath
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A solemn promise, made with an appeal to God, of the truth of what is stated or done.
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Juror
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One of the people serving on a jury, who must assist in deciding a verdict in any case he or she is assigned to.
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Trial
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An examination of the issues in a civil case by the proper court.
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Evidence
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Consists of testimony and exhibits offered during the trial of a court case to prove the fact issues.
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Direct evidence
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Evidence that immediately points to a question in issue.
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Preponderance
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Convincing superiority of weight
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Note of issue
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Shows if a case will come before the court alone or before a court and jury.
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